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on university campuses all around the United States are buying and selling prescription drugs such as Adderall for the purpose of cognitive enhancement. Using this drug to achieve a “high” is usually not the purpose, rather the motives for illicit use of Adderall were to help with concentration, memory heightening, help study, and increase mental alertness, with 90% of users doing it for this purpose (Greely, 2008). The amphetamine-dextroamphetamine in Adderall generates dopamine at a greater…

aggravates the lungs. Routine consumers will experience breathing and lung problems like a daily cough and a higher risk for pneumonia and other lung infections from smoking marijuana. When using marijuana, there is a higher risk for mental health problems. Use of the drug has been linked to depression and anxiety (Facts on Drugs: Marijuana). If marijuana is smoked, one joint per day for ten years, the risk for lung cancer is 5.7 times higher than for a non-smoker, according to Richard Beasley…

others. It can cause a person to be in a state in which they cannot make their own decisions. There is always the chance of a person doing something irresponsible because the marijuana is confusing the person’s thought process. People who use marijuana will most likely use it even more if it becomes legal. Abusing the drug will become easier for an addict to do if it is legal. It is a drug that could lead to drugs that are more dangerous. Marijuana may not be the…

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not capable of, it can cause serious problems. If marijuana is legalized, more people will buy it and get under influence which will lead them to do things that they shouldn't do. Marijuana should not be legalized because it will cause more teens to use it, health issues and increased crime rates. If marijuana is legalized then most of the family members who do other drugs will be able to get marijuana easily without getting arrested. They would set a bad example to their young growing up kids.…

programs in wide scale accessible areas in order to reduce this problem. In order to properly and effectively prevent drug use, we need to focus on prevention in three main areas, such as school-based, work-based and community-based prevention. Only after successful implementation has occurred in each wide scale area will we truly notice a difference in America’s drug use rates. Introduction Drug abuse has become a widespread problem in the United States and this problem tends…

cannabis should be legalized and regulated for all uses. The demand for using cannabis for medicinal purposes is not a common request either. In good…

generations have come to largely accept the usage of marijuana. While there are many different variations of this acceptance, many are in agreement. Some feel that only medicinal usage is appropriate, while others disagree and suggest that the recreational use of marijuana is equally appropriate. Marijuana is disputably natural and does not cause as much harm to the body as other substances such as cigarettes and alcohol, and therefore should be legalized. This appears to be one of the more…

There are five classifications of major drugs that are use illegally in the US. Class I, or highest offense type drugs involve marijuana, heroin, opioids, hallucinogenic substances, peyote, mescaline, gamma-hydroxybutyric acid (GHB), and others. This class of drugs is classified as having high potential for abuse, has no currently accepted medical uses, and lacks accepted safety standards for use under medical supervision. Class II, involves cocaine, opium, oxycodone, methadone, morphine,…

Illegal drugs, and even in some instances, prescribed drugs that are abused frequently, can have long term negative effects on a person physically and mentally. Robertson-James & Nunez ‘s (2012) research indicates that incarcerated women happen to report drug usage more often than incarcerated men do. Drug usage is also a factor that plays into mental health issues for these women. Many people turn to drugs as a way of “getting away from reality” in a sense, or even to attempt to suppress…